page_title: 1862 in birding and ornithology
hierarchical_section_title: 1862 in birding and ornithology
caption_attribution_description: Loriculus sclateri
context_page_description: Alfred Newton published A list of the birds of Europe, a translation of the Aves section of Die wirbelthiere Europa's by Johann Heinrich Blasius.
  South Australian Institute Museum opens with Frederick George Waterhouse as Curator.
  Graceanna Lewis begins ornithological study at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.
  Ferdinand Stoliczka joins the Geological Survey of India becoming interested in birds two years later.
  Birds described in 1862 include American herring gull, slaty-backed forest falcon, Principe seedeater, yellow-throated spadebill, Réunion harrier, Wallace's fairywren,
  Publication of final volume of Monographie des picidées by Alfred Malherbe.
  Hermann Schlegel begins a vast work of 14 volumes Muséum d'histoire naturelle des Pays-Bas.
  Ongoing events
  John Gould The birds of Australia; Supplement 1851–69. 1 vol. 81 plates; Artists: J. Gould and H. C. Richter; Lithographer: H. C. Richter
  John Gould The birds of Asia; 1850-83 7 vols. 530 plates, Artists: J. Gould, H. C. Richter, W. Hart and J. Wolf; Lithographers:H. C. Richter and W. Hart
  The Ibis
context_section_description: Alfred Newton published A list of the birds of Europe, a translation of the Aves section of Die wirbelthiere Europa's by Johann Heinrich Blasius.
  South Australian Institute Museum opens with Frederick George Waterhouse as Curator.
  Graceanna Lewis begins ornithological study at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.
  Ferdinand Stoliczka joins the Geological Survey of India becoming interested in birds two years later.
  Birds described in 1862 include American herring gull, slaty-backed forest falcon, Principe seedeater, yellow-throated spadebill, Réunion harrier, Wallace's fairywren,
  Publication of final volume of Monographie des picidées by Alfred Malherbe.
  Hermann Schlegel begins a vast work of 14 volumes Muséum d'histoire naturelle des Pays-Bas.
  Ongoing events
  John Gould The birds of Australia; Supplement 1851–69. 1 vol. 81 plates; Artists: J. Gould and H. C. Richter; Lithographer: H. C. Richter
  John Gould The birds of Asia; 1850-83 7 vols. 530 plates, Artists: J. Gould, H. C. Richter, W. Hart and J. Wolf; Lithographers:H. C. Richter and W. Hart
  The Ibis
caption: Sula hanging parrot Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862
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